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Mobile Apps.. Guidelines on Privacy

California Department of Justice has released a set of guidelines for Mobile Apps developers which act as “privacy Practice Recommendations”. The practices recommended here are expected to help in the compliance of the California Online privacy protection Act (COPPA) Being … Continue reading

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Privacy Rule under HIPAA-HITECH Act expanded

HHS, the department of Health and Human Resources has revised the Privacy and Secuirty Rule and broadened its reach particularly for the Business Associates. Since many Indian entities work as Business Associates of HIPAA covered entities this development is of … Continue reading

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Cyberlaw Predictions-US-Privacy Litigation

BNA’s Electronic Commerce & Law report which has gathered views on the predictions in Cyber Law from experts has predicted that Privacy litigation is going to increase during the upcoming year. During 2012, i a notable litigation Google agreed to … Continue reading

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“Photo Sync” from Facebook-A New Threat to Privacy

Dec 4: Facebook has introduced a new feature called “Photo Sync” for mobile users which is likely to be a new threat to privacy to casual users. If enabled, the feature will automatically upload the photographs from the mobile to Face … Continue reading

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Debate the DPDPA Rules: FDPPI Initiative

FDPPI welcomes the rules being framed on DPDPA 2023 so as to give effect to the Act at the earliest. The Act has defined the responsibilities of a Data Fiduciary and the Rights of a Data Principal. It has also … Continue reading

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DPDPA Rules: Management of Data Principal’s Rights

The draft rules currently under discussion regarding the management of Data Principal’s Rights tries to provide clarity to Sections 11, 12, 13 and 14 of DPDPA 2023. It is noted that the rules does not make any reference to Section … Continue reading

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